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Electrifying Pearson rail link by 2015 ‘can’t be done’: Metrolinx
By: Natalie Alcoba
Published: November 16, 2010
Source: The National PostUPDATE 6:42 p.m. Metrolinx, the regional transit agency, announced Tuesday that it plans piggy back on another transit agency’s bid process and enter into formal negotiations to purchase up to 18 diesel trains for an Air Rail Link from Union Station to Pearson airport.
The diesel multiple unit vehicles will meet stringent Tier 4 emissions standards, Metrolinx said in a statement, and will be convertible to electric in the event that Metrolinx decides to electrify the regional rail service. But it won’t be doing that in time for the launch of the rail service to the airport in 2015, GO Transit president Gary McNeil said definitively Tuesday, a position that has been met with loud criticism from residents who oppose more diesel trains on the corridor.